Heather’s Ramblings

Archive for September 2007

Adventures in Cheese Making – Part 2 Cheddar

Posted by: squareonebeads on: September 26, 2007

The cheese saga continues.
This time I learned my lesson.   I didn’t over heat the milk and a proper curd formed.  Yippee!!!  I got thru the draining steps unscathed.  The pressing stage didn’t go so well though.
The recipe for this cheese called for pressing it for 15 min with a 10lb weight, then increasing the [...]

Adventures in Cheese Making – Part 1 Mozzerella

Posted by: squareonebeads on: September 22, 2007

Ok, so in my last entry I mentioned reading the book “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.” by Barbara Kingsolver. One thing mentioned in the book is cheese making. As I have recently fallen in love with my kitchen again I decided I wanted to try this so I bought the kits Barbara mentioned from the [...]

Rediscovering my kitchen

Posted by: squareonebeads on: September 18, 2007

Hello,
My name is Heather and I am a hot glass artist, silver clay artist, and jewelry designer. I sell my work on my site Square One Beads. I have a husband and a dog but no children. I also have a confession to make. After four years in this house [...]


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